Carl Lumbly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 August 1951 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as television's first black superhero in M.A.N.T.I.S., Dick Hallorann in Doctor Sleep, NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama Cagney & Lacey, CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espionage drama series Alias, and as the voice of J'onn J'onnz / Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, all part of the DC Animated Universe. As a reference to his voice work as J'onn, Lumbly portrayed J'onn J'onnz's father, M'yrnn, on The CW's Arrowverse on Supergirl from 2017 until 2019. He also plays Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super-soldier, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the film Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He was married to Vonetta McGee from 1987 until her death in 2010.
Known for
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- 2027The Exorcist: Martyrs
- 2026LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Greef Karga (voice)
- 2025The Life of Chuck as Sam Yarbrough
- 2025Captain America: Brave New World as Isaiah Bradley
- 2022I'm Charlie Walker as Willie
- 2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Isaiah Bradley (archive footage)
- 2020Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook as Self
- 2019Doctor Sleep as Dick Halloran
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Miles Davis (voice)
- 2017A Cure for Wellness as Mr. Wilson
- 2016Love Twice as Rodrigo
- 2015Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Silas Stone (voice)
- 2015Quitters as Dr. Weiss
- 2012Justice League: Doom as Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 2010Black Panther as Uncle S'Yan
- 2010Nominated as Ray Cowan
- 2008The Alphabet Killer as Dr. Ellis Parks
- 2007Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Samuel Nujoma
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Kurt Walling · 1 episode
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2003Warming by the Devil's Fire as Narrator
- 2003Justice League: Paradise Lost as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
- 2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Nat Turner - Gray
- 2003Sounder as The Father
- 2003NCIS as Beau Hindley · 1 episode
- 2002Justice League: The Savage Time as Martian Manhunter
- 2002Just a Dream as J.M. Hoagland
- 2001Justice League: Secret Origins as J'onn J'onzz (voice)
- 2000Justice League: The First Mission as Martian Manhunter
- 2000Men of Honor as Mac Brashear
- 2000Little Richard as Bud Penniman
- 2000The Color of Friendship as Ron Dellums
- 1999Border Line as Detective Mollo
- 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Judge Spencer Boyle
- 1998The Wedding as Lute McNeil
- 1998Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1997Buffalo Soldiers as John Horse
- 1997The Ditchdigger's Daughters as Donald Thornton
- 1996Nightjohn as Nightjohn
- 1996America's Dream as Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
- 1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Marcus Petrie
- 1994On Promised Land as Floyd Ween
- 1994M.A.N.T.I.S. as Dr. Miles Hawkins
- 1994Out of Darkness as Addison
- 1992South Central as Ali
- 1992Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Charlie Walker
- 1991Eyes of a Witness as Mambulu
- 1991Brother Future as Denmark Vessy
- 1991The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Self
- 1990To Sleep with Anger as Junior
- 1990Pacific Heights as Lieutenant Lou Baker
- 1990Moe's World
- 1988Everybody's All-American as Narvel Blue
- 1988Judgment in Berlin as Edwin Palmer
- 1987Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as Bobby Seale
- 1987The Bedroom Window as Quirke
- 1985The Gospel at Colonus as Theseus
- 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Parker
- 1981Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot as Mark Petrie
- 1981Caveman as Bork
- 1981Lifepod as Keshah
- 1979Undercover with the KKK as Rev. Lowell
- 1979Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate